Thoreau on Cape Cod: His Journeys and the Lost Maps

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The Thoreau that history nearly lost
We know him as the man who went to the woods, but Thoreau also journeyed to a more distant place where he could “stand and put all America behind him.” The land was Cape Cod, the experience was the sea, and he recounts his trip to infinity in that engaging Waldenesque way. Thoreau knew Champlain had been one of the first to map the Cape, and he had annotated copies of two Champlain maps from the 1600s. Until recently, they were lost to history. Thanks to the Library of Congress, we have reproduced them here with Thoreau's own notes and an account of their discovery. They create a new window into the early days of America and a brand new way to read Thoreau. For lovers of the sea and of the Cape, of maps and of America's history, this is a gift they'll treasure. Only from Levenger.

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“ Read this and be transported to a time of infinite possibility for America. Who knew that Thoreau was also a mapmaker and a historian of America's beginnings? We're proud to bring you fascinating new scholarship on this beloved American figure.”
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